Help deciding on what cal value to use, packages say more gr

foreverloved

I've recently started to use a food scale in effort to more accurately log my food. Unfortunately I'm not a completely clean eater (something I'm working on!). I'm having a hard time with packages that for example say:
200 cal(50g)/serving
2 servings/package.

Now when I weigh the total contents of the package I get something like 80g total. Therefore half the package is 40g NOT 50g.
If I eat half of the package what would be the most ACCURATE way to log this? Should I say well I'm eating 40g and according to the math that is 160 cals, or should I say I'm eating half the package therefore it is 200 cals?

I know that I could say 200cal and be 'safe' but I'm more interested in being accurate because always under-estimating calories can be just as harmful!


This kind of situation seems to happen a lot and I don't understand how companies are getting away with mis-marking their packages like this but does anybody know which is the more accurate way to getting nutritional information?

reese66

Only log what you eat, if you eat 40g then only log 40g

Healthyby30

If I ate 40 grams of something, I'd only log 40 grams. Just like if you weighed it and it was 120 grams, not 100. If you eat 1/2 that would be 60, so you'd log 60. Lots of times the number of servings in something are just approximations. If it says 200 calories in 50 grams, use that as your guide.

luckygrrrl

Yes only input what you eat if you only eat 40g only count the calories for 40g not for the additional 10g that you did not eat. Most packages are this way you will find the same issue with canned tuna. Keep it up though

foreverloved

Is it possible though that the company's gram information is wrong and not their servings so therefore logging 40g eaten would make me be off by 40 cals in this case?

SueInAz

I'd worry less about the servings per package, which may be approximate, than the calories per serving. If a serving is 50g, then use that as your base.

ChantalGG

I weigh everything like that too. A lot of stuff is packaged wrong so it is good to know. Plus eventually you will start getting good at eyeing it. I can do that know with chicken breast,

reese66

Is it possible though that the company's gram information is wrong and not their servings so therefore logging 40g eaten would make me be off by 40 cals in this case?

Don't over think it. If you want to log the extra calories then do. Myself if the packaging says certain amount of grams equals ?, and I only eat half those grams then I am only logging half.
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: